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| Aug 21, 2026 | Protecting Virginians: Attorney General Jones Connects with Virginians During Summer Tour Across the Commonwealth | Commonwealth of Virginia
Office of the Attorney General
Jay Jones
Attorney General
202 North 9th Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219
804-786-2071
FAX 804-786-1991
Virginia Relay Service
800-828-1120
For media inquiries only, contact:
Rae Picket... |
| Aug 17, 2026 | Protecting Virginians: Attorney General Jones Announces Worker Protection Unit; Makes Stops in Kilmarnock, Yorktown, and Hampton Roads | Commonwealth of Virginia
Office of the Attorney General
Jay Jones
Attorney General
202 North 9th Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219
804-786-2071
FAX 804-786-1991
Virginia Relay Service
800-828-1120
For media inquiries only, contact:
Rae Picket... |
| Aug 10, 2026 | SCC Chair Spent 19 Months at NextEra: Spanberger Intervenes as Recusal Risk Looms | By Devin Culbertson
Published: Aug 10 2026, 6:47 PM EDT
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| Jun 12, 2026 | ICYMI: Attorney General Jay Jones Combats the Cost Crisis | Commonwealth of Virginia
Office of the Attorney General
Jay Jones
Attorney General
202 North 9th Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219
804-786-2071
FAX 804-786-1991
Virginia Relay Service
800-828-1120
For media inquiries only, contact:
Rae Picket... |
| May 8, 2026 | FBI Raids Office Of Dem Politician Instrumental In Redrawing Virginia Voter Maps… With Fox News In Tow | Maybe this isn’t just another vindictive prosecution by the Trump administration. But we’re going to need a lot more evidence to the contrary to abandon this conjecture:
If you’re not familiar with why Trump might be targeting L. Louise Luc... |
| Apr 14, 2026 | Last Prisoner Project Responds to Governor Spanberger’s Proposed Changes to Marijuana Resentencing Bill | Amended bill replaces automatic hearings with a petition-based process for eligible marijuana convictions
This legislation will give eligible Virginians a real chance for justice in the state’s legal system.”
— Stephanie Shepard, Executive ... |
| Mar 27, 2026 | What Virginians Are Seeing: Attorney General Jay Jones Shares Roundup of Actions Taken | Commonwealth of Virginia
Office of the Attorney General
Jay Jones
Attorney General
202 North 9th Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219
804-786-2071
FAX 804-786-1991
Virginia Relay Service
800-828-1120
For media inquiries only, contact:
Rae Picket... |
| Mar 1, 2026 | Colorado lawmakers duel over data centers: Grant millions in tax breaks or regulate them without incentives? | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Colorado lawmakers are deciding this year between two disparate approaches on data centers — one that aims to lure them to the Centennial State with millions of dollars in tax incentives and anothe... |
| Jan 29, 2026 | AI therapy chatbots draw new oversight as suicides raise alarm | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By Shalina Chatlani, Stateline.org
Editor’s note: If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline in the U.S. is available by calling or texting 988. There is also a... |
| Nov 4, 2025 | Democrats win Virginia governor, attorney general races, NBC News projects | Democratic candidates will win the Virginia governor’s race and the state’s attorney general election, NBC News projects.
Democrat Abigail Spanberger will defeat Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, becoming Virginia’s first female gove... |
| Oct 29, 2025 | Left and right have united in favor of puerile, violent rhetoric (Opinion) | By Matt K. Lewis
In recent weeks, American politics have stopped resembling a democracy and started looking more like a Manson family group chat, with a flag emoji right next to the “pile of poo” emoji in our bio.
First it was the Young Rep... |
| Sep 4, 2025 | As Republicans spar over IVF, some turn to obscure MAHA-backed alternative | By Anna Claire Vollers, Stateline.org
Republican support for in vitro fertilization, after surging in the wake of a 2024 Alabama Supreme Court decision that threatened the procedure, may be splintering as President Donald Trump retreats fro... |
| Apr 19, 2025 | The Power Struggle: Data Centers, AI Demand, and Rising Energy Costs | In the digital age, data centers are the backbone of our online existence. They store, process, and transmit the vast amounts of data that fuel our daily lives. But as artificial intelligence (AI) surges in popularity, these data centers ar... |
| Apr 17, 2025 | As demand for AI rises, so do power thirsty data centers | “We definitely try to think about the climate side of it with a critical eye,” said Jennifer Brandon, a science and sustainability consultant. “All of a sudden, it’s adding so much strain on the grid to some of these places.” The rise of da... |
| Nov 26, 2024 | National Politics | Expecting challenges, blue states vow to create ‘firewall’ of abortion protections | “It’s going to be an interesting time.”Targeting abortion pills
Tong said one of his biggest concerns is that legislative efforts and legal challenges from anti-abortion lawmakers in red states could lead to nationwide restrictions on the m... |
| Nov 19, 2024 | National Politics | Ranked choice voting faces cloudy future after election setbacks | In the system, voters rank candidates on their ballots by preference — first, second, third choice, and so on.
If no candidate gets the majority of first-preference votes, the rest of the rankings kick in. The candidate with the fewest firs... |
| Nov 9, 2024 | Safeguarding Democracy: The Battle Over Election Certification | In the aftermath of elections, the process of certifying results is a critical yet often overlooked aspect of democracy. It’s the final seal of approval, the stamp that confirms the will of the people. Yet, in recent years, this process has... |
| Nov 4, 2024 | National Politics | Recent safeguards should quash efforts to overturn election results, experts say | Much of the anxiety from election officials and experts in the post-election period involves the certification of election results. After voters cast their ballots and local election officials count them, the results are not yet official.
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| Jul 30, 2024 | Virginia Appeals Court Adds A Bit More Due Process To Asset Forfeiture Proceedings | The asset forfeiture playing field is still far from level, but it at least got a little bit better in Virginia, thanks to a recent state appeals court decision. Here’s Graham Moomaw with more details for the Virginia Mercury:
Before we get... |
| Jun 17, 2024 | Richmond election officials face scrutiny over nepotism and ethics ahead of 2024 election | figcaption>span]:font-sans" data-chromatic="ignore">
Richmond's HR department has found that leaders within the city's elections office have violated nepotism and ethics policies, reports the Virginia Mercury.
Why it ma... |
| May 28, 2024 | Road rage shootings are on the rise in Virginia | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Data: The Trace via Gun Violence Archive; Map: Axios Visuals
Road rage shootings increased over the past decade in Virginia, a new report finds.
The big picture: State numbers mirror an increase in hi... |
| May 14, 2024 | Virginia lawmakers pass budget including 3% raise for teachers and state workers | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Lawmakers passed and Gov. Youngkin signed the state's biennial budget after reconvening for a brief special session in Richmond on Monday.
Why it matters: Virginia was facing the possibility of a gove... |
| Apr 29, 2024 | Richmond policed asked pro-Palestine protesters to scale back demonstrations | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Richmond police asked the organizer of a weekly pro-Palestine demonstration to scale back the frequency of protests to give officers "a little break" amid staffing shortages, the Times-Dispa... |
| Apr 25, 2024 | The opioid epidemic and foster care system are colliding in Virginia | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Family members in Virginia are increasingly becoming caretakers of children removed from their parents' care due to drug use, according to an investigation from WHRO.
Why it matters: It's one way to a... |
| Apr 19, 2024 | How to legally get high in Virginia | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Virginia hasn't legalized recreational weed sales yet, but that doesn't mean you can't get legally high.
The big picture: Since Virginia became the first southern state to legalize marijuana consumpti... |
| Mar 20, 2024 | Richmond's tallest building in limbo amid Youngkin tug of war with lawmakers | The future of Richmond's tallest building is in limbo amid a budget squabble between the legislature and Gov. Youngkin.
Why it matters: The state deemed the 29-story Monroe Building non-functional in January, citing unreliable elevators (wo... |
| Mar 11, 2024 | How Virginia emptied its prisons more than any state in the U.S. | Data: Bureau of Justice Statistics; Map: Kavya Beheraj/Axios
Virginia's prison population shrank 10.5% between 2021 and 2022, per the latest Justice Department data.
Why it matters: That's the greatest decline of any state during a period w... |
| Feb 16, 2024 | Maryland and Virginia are in the midst of an oyster boom | It's a banner year for Chesapeake oysters after populations in Virginia and Maryland set record highs.
Why it matters: Local bivalve beds were decimated by the 1980s from overfishing, loss of habitat, and disease, but after decades of resto... |
| Jan 22, 2024 | The bills Virginia lawmakers have killed so far | Virginia Democrats are killing Republican proposals left and right in this year's General Assembly session.
What's happening: With Democrats' new slight two-seat majorities, this was to be expected.
Yes, but: Knowing which bills haven't cle... |
| Jan 12, 2024 | Don Scott, Virginia’s first Black House speaker, talks Youngkin, Trump and his legacy | Virginia's first Black House speaker in the legislature's 405-year history couldn't help but think of the past as he was sworn in this week.
The big picture: Don Scott, a Democrat from Portsmouth, now reigns over a chamber that voted to blo... |
| Jan 10, 2024 | What to expect in the 2024 General Assembly session | It's the second week of the year, which means it's time for a new legislative session in Virginia.
What's happening: The General Assembly convenes today for its 2024 session, which is scheduled to run for at least 60 days.
Why it matters: T... |
| Jan 9, 2024 | Calls to Virginia's problem gambling hotline are soaring | It's never been easier to legally gamble in Virginia — and experts say that means Virginians have never been at greater risk of developing a gambling problem.
Driving the news: Calls to the state's problem gambling hotline spiked 788% betwe... |
| Dec 8, 2023 | Business | Some states’ economies cool even as the nation’s sizzles | Tim Henderson | Stateline.org (TNS)
A still-roaring national economy grew at an unexpectedly robust 5.2% annual rate in the third quarter of this year, but early indicators show a more mixed picture for many states heading into the holidays... |
| Oct 19, 2023 | How to stop grading the land for solar and learn to love nature’s curves | Few solar development sites are flat, because the world is not flat. And that poses a problem for conventional solar mounting systems, which weren’t designed to handle the undulations and hills that project developers routinely encounter.
S... |
| Sep 16, 2023 | Dark money donations to Virginia Republicans outpace Democrats 6 to 1 in fight for control of the state legislature | The Virginia State Capitol in Richmond. Zach Gibson/Getty Images
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Virginia has seen nearly $1.7 million in outside spending for candidates in key 2023 races.
The VCIJ and OpenSecrets report revealed that $1.4 million in funding ha... |
| Aug 17, 2023 | How the 988 crisis hotline is faring in D.C. | Data: Kaiser Family Foundation. Note: Does not include calls to the Veterans Crisis Line. Map: Alice Feng/Axios
More than 35% of calls made to the 988 crisis hotline in D.C. between April and May were redirected outside the District, per a ... |
| Aug 16, 2023 | Amazon built a data center empire in northern Virginia. Exclusive filings reveal it's using as much energy as a major city. | Real Estate Amazon built a data center empire in northern Virginia. Exclusive filings reveal it's using as much energy as a major city.
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| Aug 3, 2023 | Virginia's hemp crackdown begins | Hemp businesses are beginning to flee Virginia as enforcement ramps up on synthetic THC products.
What's happening: At least two Richmond-based shops shut down last month, announcing plans to move to states with less restrictive laws.
Meanw... |
| Jul 31, 2023 | How the 988 crisis hotline is faring in Virginia | Data: Kaiser Family Foundation; Note: Does not include calls to the Veterans Crisis Line; Map: Alice Feng/Axios
Virginia is doing better than many states in the nation when it comes to in-state counselors answering calls to the 988 Suicide ... |
| Jul 17, 2023 | Annual sales tax holiday canceled after Virginia lawmakers forgot to renew it | State lawmakers forgot to renew an annual back-to-school sales tax holiday.
Why it matters: That means no break on the state's 5.3% sales tax on purchases of school supplies, clothes and shoes for the first time since 2006, reports Cardinal... |
| Jul 12, 2023 | Virginia is No. 2 for business. Again. | North Carolina bested Virginia for the second year in a row as CNBC's 2023 Top State for Business.
What's happening: Virginia came in second place.
The cable network cited a series of recent economic development wins in North Carolina, incl... |
| Jun 30, 2023 | Advocates say Virginia's new hemp rules will push people to black markets | New legislation aimed at cracking down on stores that sell intoxicating THC products like Delta-8 goes into effect tomorrow.
What's happening: The legislation hopes to close a loophole that allowed the sale of products containing THC, the i... |
| Jun 21, 2023 | Two polarizing lawmakers ousted in Virginia primaries | Voters gave the boot to two of the Virginia General Assembly's most polarizing figures on Tuesday night.
What's happening: Democratic state Sen. Joe Morrissey and GOP state Sen. Amanda Chase, both of whom cultivated bombastic personas at th... |
| Jun 9, 2023 | Board chair raises questions about ABC embezzlement | Four high-ranking ABC officials were placed on leave after an embezzlement scheme was discovered in seven stores.
Why it matters: Some officials are raising concerns after an internal audit flagged the issue in September, but was not review... |
| May 25, 2023 | Virginia colleges are raising tuitions again | Students at most of Virginia's public universities will be paying more for college come the fall semester.
What's happening: Tuition increases of at least 3% have been approved by the boards at nearly every public university in Virginia for... |
| Feb 28, 2023 | Legislation Aiming To Give Law Enforcement Access To More ALPR Data Dies In Virginia | Legislating from the bench is always problematic. People who like what courts have decided will claim this was the right thing to do. People who don’t like the decision will claim this is an overstep. |
| Feb 9, 2023 | States are flush with cash. It's setting off "tax cut fever." | Even as the U.S. economy shows signs of slowing down, many states around the U.S. are flush with cash, with their so-called rainy day funds estimated to reach a record high of $136.8 billion this fiscal year.
And lawmakers in more than half... |
| Jan 20, 2023 | Why state and local relationships matter to national prosperity: A case for economic collaboration | In February 2021, over 40,000 residents of the city of Jackson, Miss. lost access to clean running water for at least a month, following a historic winter storm that damaged an out-of-date and under-resourced infrastructure system. The mayo... |
| Jun 23, 2022 | U.S. Supreme Court expands gun rights in striking down New York concealed carry law | WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a New York law that made it illegal to carry a firearm in public without showing a special need for protection.
The court ruled that the state’s concealed carry law violates the 14... |
| Jan 15, 2022 | Glenn Youngkin sworn in as Virginia’s 74th governor, reinvigorating Republicans after years of statewide losses | Gov. Glenn Youngkin gives his inaugural speech at the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond on January 15, 2022. AP Photo/Julio Cortez
Republican Glenn Youngkin was sworn in as Virginia’s 74th governor on Saturday.
Youngkin, a former private-e... |
| Aug 11, 2021 | Cannabis Public Offerings Are Lighting Up | 44 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
A mere decade ago, selling marijuana in America was largely the domain of small-scale dealers operating in constant fear of law enforcement.
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| Aug 11, 2021 | Cannabis Public Offerings Are Lighting Up | 17 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
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| May 24, 2021 | The Trump-inspired battles over new voting laws will shape the 2022 governors’ races | In this Oct. 19, 2020 file photo, President Donald Trump, left, pauses with Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey during a campaign rally in Tucson, Ariz. AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, file
The voting wars are far from over and will play a large role in upc... |
| May 18, 2021 | Marijuana Legalization Doesn't Mean Immediate Release for Virginia Inmates | May 18, 2021 4 min read
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Starting on July 1, Virginia residents will have the ability to possess small amounts of cannabis and use it in their homes. But that doesn’t mean those ... |
| Dec 30, 2020 | This Week In Credit Card News: Big Drop In Card Approvals; Economic Impact Of Our Holiday Spending | Economy Flops, Credit Cards Approvals Drop |
| Nov 2, 2020 | Morning Brief: Fight over the value of solar continues in Utah, Kansas, Virginia and everywhere | Kansas’ largest utility Evergy pushes plans to charge solar panel users, or everyone. The largest utility in Kansas wants to charge customers with solar panels about $25 a month, even if their homes pull almost no electricity off the grid. ... |
| Aug 24, 2020 | Most States Failing To Maximize Eligibility For Extra $300 Weekly Unemployment Benefit | Trump's executive memo authorizing an extra $300 unemployment benefits could help millions of ... [+] Americans until Congress passes the next coronavirus stimulus bill; however, it behooves states to take steps to increase how many unemplo... |
| Aug 3, 2020 | Energy Jobs: Trump nominates Dems to FERC, Dominion CEO is out, plus SunPower, Engie, Invenergy, SMA, Generate | Pressured by Democratic lawmakers to restore a traditional bipartisan split at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, President Trump reportedly intends to nominate Allison Clements, the Energy Foundation’s former director of the energy ... |
| Dec 9, 2019 | Mega Millions Soars Past $300m Jackpot, DoJ Still onto Lotteries | For a third consecutive December, the Mega Millions jackpot has exceeded $300 million, with 7 more draws to go before 2019 is out. Mega Millions Jackpot Builds Past $300m Mark Again
Mega Millions jackpot has hit $300 million in unclaimed re... |
| Mar 25, 2019 | Newsletter: California Inc.: YouTube has dropped the ball on safeguarding kids, critics say | Welcome to California Inc., the weekly newsletter of the L.A. Times Business section.
I’m Business columnist David Lazarus, and here’s a rundown of upcoming stories this week and the highlights of last week.
The question being asked by trad... |
| Mar 24, 2019 | Local leaders cooling to Boring Company tunnel promises | Enlarge / The Boring Company tunnel entrance with a Telsa on an elevator to lower it down to tunnel-level.
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| Jan 21, 2019 | Virginia’s solar freedom bill | By Ivy Main
At first glance, Virginia looks like it should be a new boom market for solar. In 2018 the General Assembly passed legislation putting 5,500 megawatts (MW) of solar and wind “in the public interest,” a magic phrase that eases th... |
| Jan 15, 2019 | pvMB 1/15/19: Solar tax suit in Maine, coalition calls on Congress to ditch fossil fuels and Appalachian Power is set to sell 100% renewable energy | Brunswick families ask state’s top court to overturn solar panel tax – A group of families in Brunswick, Maine are petitioning for the state’s Supreme Court to overturn a solar panel tax. The families and their attorneys argue that the town... |
| Virginia’s largest energy provider tries to sell coal in ‘100% renewable energy’ package | Dominion Energy, Virginia’s largest energy provider, is removing a coal plant from a portfolio it is selling to consumers as “100% renewable energy” after backlash from environmental groups and businesses.
According to the Virginia Mercury:... |
| What happens now to EV and clean energy momentum in Virginia? | On November 2, Republicans won elections in Virginia for governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, and the GOP has likely just squeaked past Democrats to take control of the House of Delegates. Does that mean that the majority of Vir... |
| «Вашингтон» собирается сменить прописку из-за старой и дорогой арены. Но Овечкин, скорее всего, завершит карьеру на ней | Клубы Национальной хоккейной лиги (НХЛ) и Национальной баскетбольной ассоциации (НБА), базирующиеся в Вашингтоне, могут переехать в соседний штат – Вирджинию. Как сообщает The Washington Post, переговоры с властями Вирджинии о смене локации... |
| Glenn Youngkin sworn in as Virginia's 74th governor, reinvigorating Republicans after years of statewide losses | Gov. Glenn Youngkin gives his inaugural speech at the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond on January 15, 2022. AP Photo/Julio Cortez
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Republican Glenn Youngkin was sworn in as Virginia's 74th governor on Saturday.
Youngkin, a forme... |
| Millions of workers are dealing with long COVID. Advocates call for expanding social safety net. | Emily Withnall caught COVID-19 from her teenager in July 2020. In the more than two years since, the 40-year-old has suffered from debilitating fatigue, spinal pain and heart palpitations. In addition to her primary care doctor, she regular... |
| EGEB: Pollution kills more Americans than car crashes | In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
More Americans die from pollution than car crashes, according to health insurance premium study.
EV bus workers join the steelworkers union — with management’s support.
2019 will see the larges... |
